EMDG May 2025 Newsletter
New Minister
The new Federal Trade Minister is the same as the old one.
Senator Don Farrell remains in his position.
Likewise for Senator Penny Wong.
I think it make good sense to do so, give the current storm with President Trump and his not-too bright and ever-changing tariff imposition across the world and for Australia in particular.
We will all see what happens in the coming months.
EMDG Round 4 – those yet to be told their grant offer status.
It only took 4 hours to elect a new government, 3 days to elect a new Pope, but for some applicants, there has been no progress with their applications since November last year.
Most applicants have been offered a grant offer, but as above some are yet to hear.
These are the applicants who are in the “buffer zone” – with a successfully submitted application that Austrade will deem unsuccessful based on the lodgement time, after about 11.30am AEDT for Tier 2 applicants on November 12th.
The size of the buffer is some 600+ applicants who will miss out due to no fault of their own.
I have already explained what a monumental cock-up the “first in first served” Tier 2 process was back on November 12th.
I have written to the Minister in the past with no real response.
I have also written to Austrade’s new CEO, Dr Paul Grimes – my letter can be viewed by the following link: Mitchell and Co – Letter to CEO Austrade 09042015
I am yet to receive a response, which in part is understandable given the recent election cycle.
I do think however Austrade will start to send out “Sorry, you have missed out” emails in the next week or so.
The dispatch will have to be approved by Minister Farrell as the New Minister.
Within our client base, we only have a small percentage who we think have missed out, but it still hurts.
EMDG Round 1, 2 and 3 Milestone Reports 2024 – due May 31st.
We have just over 2 weeks left to complete all remaining milestone reports.
We have closed our books for those we can help.
EMDG Round 3 – Milestone Reports 2025 – due August 31st.
For those who have a grant agreement covering FY24/25 – this milestone report is also fast approaching, closing date 31st August 2025.
We will be in touch with applicants in the coming weeks to get preparations underway.
EMDG Round 4 grants approved & executed.
We will provide more details in relation to the processing of Round 4 pre-payments and milestone reporting in June once we complete the prior rounds milestone reports this month.
Stuart is going on holidays!
I am nicking off for a while next week. Wayne will hold the fort.
I will be back 3rd week in June.
All the best,
Stuart & Wayne